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DECREE No

DECREE No. 87-CP ON THE 17TH OF AUGUST, 1994 OF THE GOVERNMENT SETTING PRICE BRACKETS FOR LAND CATEGORIES

THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the law on Organization of the Government on the 30th of September, 1992;

Proceeding from the Land Law on the 14th of July, 1993;

At the proposals of the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Construction, the General Director of the General Administration of Land, and the Chairman of the Government Pricing Commission.

DECREES:

Article 1.- To issue in conjunction with this Decree the Price Brackets for Land Categories.

Article 2.- The price brackets are defined as follows:

1. For agricultural and forest land, prices are determined for each class of land on which agricultural taxes are levied according to three types of commune: low-land, mid-land and mountainous.

2. For land in rural residential areas, prices are set for each of the land classes, according to three types of commune: low-land, mid-land and mountainous.

3. For land in residential areas on urban outskirts and near to communication hubs and main transport routes and commercial, tourist and industrial centers, prices are determined for each class and according to three categories.

For land in rural residential areas, in residential areas on urban outskirts and near to communication hubs and main transport routes and commercial, tourist and industrial centers, prices are determined in accordance with their profit-bearing capability, use value, location and the actual local price.

4. For land in urban areas, prices are defined for five urban categories as currently provided for by the State. In each urban category, the land is classified into three or four types of street, and four or five types of land location.

The street types in urban areas are defined mainly on the basis of the location, profit-bearing capability, the state of the infrastructure, and the actual land price in each urban area.

The land location in each urban area is defined on the basis of the profit-bearing capability and the actual land price.

5. The People's Committees of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government (hereafter referred to as the provincial People's Committee) shall conduct the categorization and classification of land in rural residential areas and, on the basis of the currently stipulated categories of urban areas and the practical local situation, define the street and location types of the local urban areas to be used as the basis for determining the land prices.

Article 3.- The land rents for foreign organizations and individuals or foreign-invested enterprises shall be determined according to Government provision.

Article 4.-

1. On the basis of the price brackets set by the Government, the provincial People's Committees shall set the prices for different land categories to be used as the basis for calculating taxes on assignment of the land-use right, charging fees on land assignment, deciding land rents, determining the value of property on assignment of land, and compensating for losses incurred by land retrieval. With regard to the compensation for losses incurred by the State retrieval of land for use for national defense, security, national interests and public interests, it shall be regulated by a separate Government decree.

In the event of land areas of the same urban category with different profit-bearing capabilities and different states of infrastructure, the local authority is authorized to determine the prices by using the K index which varies from 0.8 to 1.2 times the price for the land category and street and location types listed in the Price Brackets for urban land (Table 4 issued in conjunction with this Decree).

2. The land prices set by localities set by localities shall not be below the minimum nor exceed the maximum of the set prices with indexed adjustments issued in conjunction with this Decree.

3. In case the assignment of land is conducted in the form of an auction, the price shall be decided by the provincial People's Committee on a case-by-case basis.

Article 5.- The provincial People's Committee may adjust the set land prices to suit the reality in the even of a fluctuation in land price due to investments in infrastructure or new industrial, commercial or tourist centers.

Article 6.- The land prices to be applied to such cases as for calculating taxes on assignment of land-use right, collecting land-use fees on land assignment and renting, determining property value on land assignment and compensating for losses incurred by the State's retrieval of land for new assignment, which happens after the 15th of October, 1993, and which have not been settled, shall be the prices set for different classes and categories of land set by the provincial People's Committee in accordance with the price brackets set by this Decree.

Article 7.- This Decree takes effect on the date of its signing and shall replace Decree No 80-CP of the 6th of November, 1993 of the Government.

Article 8.- The Ministry of Finance shall, in coordination with the Ministry of Construction, the General Administration of Land and the Government Pricing Commission, guide and control the implementation of this Decree.

The minister, the heads of the agencies at ministerial level, the heads of the agencies attached to the Government and the presidents of the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government, are responsible for the implementation of the Decree.

On behalf of the Government

Prime Minister

VO VAN KIET

PRICE BRACKETS FOR LAND CATEGORIES

(Issued in conjunction with Decree No 87-CP on the 17th of August, 1994 of the Government)

1. Agricultural and forest land:

a) Land for annual cultivation and land with water surface for aquaculture: Unit: VND/m2

Land class

low-land commune

mid-land commune

highland commune

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

1,100

920

740

560

360

100

19,300

16,100

13,000

9,800

6,300

1,750

-

690

555

420

270

75

-

12,100

9,700

7,400

4,700

1,300

-

560

370

280

180

50

-

9,800

6,500

4,900

3,150

870

b) Land for perennial trees and forest: Unit: VND/m2

Land class

low-land commune

mid-land commune

highland commune

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

800

680

490

250

70

14,000

11,900

8,550

4,350

1,250

600

510

370

190

55

10,500

8,920

6,450

3,300

920

400

340

245

125

35

7,000

5,950

4,280

2,180

610

2. Land in rural residental areas: Unit: VND/m2

Land class

low-land commune

mid-land commune

highland commune

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

2,200

1,840

1,480

1,120

720

200

38,600

32,200

26,000

19,600

12,600

3,500

-

1,380

1,110

840

540

150

-

24,200

19,400

14,800

9,400

2,600

-

920

740

560

360

100

-

16,100

13,000

9,800

6,300

1,470

3. Land in residential areas on urban outskirts and near traffic hubs and main roads, and commercial, tourist and industrial centers:

Unit: 1000 VND/m2

Land class

low-land commune

mid-land commune

highland commune

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

minimum price

maximum price

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class 5

Class 6

600

380

230

140

85

42

1,500

950

570

350

210

100

420

266

160

98

60

30

1,050

665

400

245

150

75

250

150

72

55

32

12

625

375

180

138

80

30

4. Land in urban areas:

Unit: 1000 VND/m2

Urban class

Streetype

Price indexed on location

location 1

location 2

location 3

location 4

Min. price

Max. price

Min. price

Max. price

Min. price

Max. price

Min. price

Max. price

Class I

1

2

3

4

4,600

2,700

1,800

900

11,500

6,750

4,500

2,250

2,760

1,620

1,080

540

6,900

4,050

2,700

1,350

1,380

810

540

270

3,450

2,025

1,350

675

460

270

180

90

1,150

675

450

225

Class II

1

2

3

4

2,600

1,950

1,800

710

6,500

4,875

4,500

1,775

1,560

1,170

780

420

3,900

2,925

1,950

1,050

780

580

390

210

1,950

1,450

975

525

260

190

130

70

650

475

325

175

Class III

1

2

3

4

1,600

1,200

800

400

4,000

3,000

2,000

1,000

960

720

480

240

2,400

1,800

1,200

600

400

300

200

100

1,000

750

500

250

130

100

70

30

325

250

175

75

Class IV

1

2

3

4

800

600

400

200

2,000

1,500

1,000

500

480

360

240

120

1,200

900

600

300

200

150

100

50

500

375

250

125

70

50

30

16

175

125

75

40

Class V

1

2

3

600

400

200

1,500

1,000

500

330

220

110

825

550

275

150

100

50

375

250

125

50

30

16

125

75

40